Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '20 at 19:06
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 249 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 707 72% 581 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 336A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 146 Parallax 128 118% 139 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 140 Splatting 110 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 235 225 222 222 217 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 414 Mixed 335 SusWrite 231 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 51.6 193% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 317 244% 333 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 202GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 143 160 160 155 159 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Read 133 Write 114 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 156 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 107%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 304GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 81 83 83 84 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 83.7 Write 81.7 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 83.1 52% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 51%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$176 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 6.5TB free Firmware: SC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 200 199 198 205 200 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 116 Write 104 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 201 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 450% 3.63 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 106%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 573GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 38 38 37 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Read 39.2 Write 36.8 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 37.3 50% 36.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 122% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 2,538 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.2% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 21.5 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 23.7 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF Builds (Compare 1,429 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	383x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	200x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	226x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	193x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	102x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	29x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	96x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	45x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	33x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16